I was working on a kitbash for The Garden that involved some custom geometry. Since I own a Silhouette SD, it's easier for me to design the geometry right in the Studio software and test cut my patterns. Once I had things correct, I wanted to bring my cutfile lines into GIMP and create the images for my PDFs. I wasn't sure how to do that, but here's what I ended up doing:

1) I selected my shapes and applied a solid fill2) I had Studio print the cutfile using a PDF printer3) I imported the PDF I printed into GIMP at 300dpi4) Give the imported layer an alpha channel5) I selected one of the shapes I wanted to turn into an outline6) Fill the selection with BLACK (if necessary)7) Shrink the selection by 3px8) Delete the selected area9) Repeat 5-8 for each shape10) Finally, select the white background around all the shapes and delete it, assuming you want just the outlines.

After all of this, I had the complex outlines of my shapes. I then went and created my dotted lines for scores, and added texture layers.

If there's an easier way to get stuff out of Studio, I'd love to hear it. This wasn't too much trouble.

Whoa. I'm not sure why you did all those steps - I'm probably missing something, but I build kitbashes in studio all the time. The magic feature I think you missed is:

1. I group all the like cuts into single objects (an all-perfs object and a seperate all-cuts object)2. Then, I select one of them, say all-cuts and click on the Line Style Window icon at the top. Then I set the line style, color and weight and check the "Print Lines of Selected" box.3. Repeat for the other all-perfs object, this time selecting a lighter weight and dashed line style.4. Last, I print to 300 DPI PDF.

Done.

If you want just cut/score lines, delete the background images before printing.

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